Awake and up all night

Thursday and the end of month I will try to switch off am a bugger for anxiety and it builds up so I will switch off and try to nap xxx 

Right, so you're in the loop, which is good.

Amb, I use my phone and there's always a delay between posting so you'll need to give it a few minutes.

Anyway hon, these lumps on your neck could be swollen lymph nodes - has anyone mentioned that at all? Don't take my word for it as I'm going by my OH's experience last year. A lump was found in his neck by his ENT team and after an ultrasound scan it was found to be scar tissue from his surgery for larynx cancer the year before.

Not every lump equals cancer, so hold onto that until you get a firm diagnosis xxx

Hi Amb111

Good afternoon sorry to hear that your consultant didnt explain thingz properly to you. I had similar experience when i first went for results. What i find helpful was ringjng to speak to specislist nurse sje explained things to me/us in a more understanable way. Consultants can be a bit blunt not their fault its just they state the facts. Ive not needed anything other than my operation and chemotherapy but happy to try to help you in any way i can.  

Also are you a fellow Leo my 59th birthday is on 12th august. 

Take care Amanda xxx

Had appointment at velindre they said i will not be having chemotherapy and will only be having 3 weeks of internal radiotherapy and will be knocked out for it each time (because I'm a wuss) 

So is this what you hoped for or were you staying open minded?

You got any dates yet?

Take care

Hello. 
My hair didn’t take long to grow back at all, a few weeks. It’s come back even thicker. 
I used the cold cap which definitely helped. 

Sending hugs. xx

Scans over but the guy doing the scan asked OH to keep her arm raised for the duration, something that is very painful for herm Got home though and I made us fish and chips.

Good news about not needing chemo

H 

Good that it's done with.

H

I had a bit of a shock today; I went to visit my sister Joan who lives not too far from Alan's Mum and Dad. When we arrived she was holding herself in the left rib area so I asked what the problem was, her reply was - I've got lung cancer and had part of my lung removed 2 weeks ago. I was not expecting that. She hadn’t told any of the siblings because she had her first chemo a week before my eldest sister's funeral who died of lung cancer! What a helluva coincidence. 

Not only the above but her son had cardiac surgery the same day in the same hospital! 

I was a bit blown away tbh. She's doing ok and will see her oncologist on 23rd, I've made her promise to let me know how she gets on. 

H